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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11445
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14467
13 Actual Demand 11166
14 Aggregate Planning 12093
15 Air Cargo 10022
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6610
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34799
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15306
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19147
20 Assembly Line 22242
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22917
22 Average Speed of Answer 26522
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23034
24 Batch Production 38242
25 Bill Discounting 14453
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11147
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7106
28 Blanket Release 9963
29 Bonded Warehouse 10027
30 Booking Number 13713
31 Bottleneck 9453
32 Buffer Stock 59106
33 Build to Stock 12887
34 Bullwhip Effect 9530
35 Business Logistics 25550
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12526
37 Capacity Management 40336
38 Capacity Utilization 14044
39 Capital Intensive 8353
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8667
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12071
42 Certified Supplier 8935
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9247
45 Co-managed Inventory 12416
46 Co-Packers 11723
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6817
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19688
50 Container Depot 10566
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19419
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12030
54 Contract Carrier 7297
55 Contract of Affreightment 11373
56 Control Charts 7924
57 Cost Flow 10223
58 Courier Service 15172
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11742
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44023
62 Date Code 18145
63 Days of Supply 19767
64 Dead on Arrival 9187
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7271
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8064
67 Detective Control 8871
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10821
70 Dispatching 24384
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34614
73 Distribution Metrics 9046
74 Distribution Planning 24144
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15157
76 Double Marginalization 52571
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22236
78 Dual 5411
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20553
80 Echelon Inventory 26131
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38205
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49550
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7573
84 Efficient Frontier 25386
85 Engineer-to-Order 31656
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16345
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8289
89 Ex Works 7802
90 Exception Rate 13428
91 Exponential smoothing 9788
92 External Growth 10023
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9383
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10278
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8708
97 Fishbone Diagram 14558
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26934
99 Flow Through Distribution 12264
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8130
101 FOB Destination 12975
102 Forward buying 30015
103 Freight Charge 10280
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8258
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11678
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29507
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12633
109 Hub 23351
110 Idle Time 8026
 
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